Zimbabwe turns 44 with little to celebrate, except if you ask Mnangagwa
Opposition parties say the government has failed to tackle corruption.In Zimbabwe , schools open for the second term on 7 May, but for pupils of Globe and Phoenix Primary School, in the Midlands town of Kwekwe, classes will be conducted under tents and trees in winter.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who addressed the crowd at this year's independence celebrations in Murambinda, Buhera District, Manicaland, on Thursday, said the ZiG was a game changer. "Zimbabwe today is a far cry from the utopian society it could have easily established, using its vast mineral wealth and homegrown economic strategies.
"Today, why are we failing to unite to fight against corruption, poverty and neocolonialism? We are failing because most people are greedy, selfish, egocentric and power-hungry," she said.At independence in 1980, Zimbabwe was nicknamed"the Jewel of Africa" by the late president of Tanzania, Julius"Mwalimu" Nyerere.
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